End-gate for wagons



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A. M. WAGNER,

Y Rnd `Gate foi1 Wagons.

No. 243,091. a Patentedlunezmssi.

mf Vla/wv) la 2M N my By ./lttorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO M. WAGNER, OF KEOKUK COUNTY, IOWA.

-- END-GATE FOR wAGONs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,091, dated June 21,1881.

Application filed April 15, 1881. (Model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that vI, ALONZO M. .WAGNEE, of Keokuk count-y, State ofIowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEnd-GatesforVehieles, which I denominate The Excelsior CombinatoryEnd-Gate and I do hereby deelarethat the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of thisspecification, and in whieh- Figure l is an end view, showing the gateclosed. Fig. 2 is a cross-section, lookin g at the gatefrom the inside;and Fig. Sis aview showing the gate open and its detachable section.

This invention relates to improvements in end-gates for wagon or vehiclebodies, having for its object, mainly, to guard against the working outof the gate and to permit it to be readily opened, though acted upon bythe pressure of the load; and it consists in the detailed constructionand combination of the parts, substantially as hereinafter more fullyset forth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A marks the vehicle-body, towhich is pivoted or hinged so as to open downwardly the gate B, of lessheight than the sides of the body. Its (the gates) top edge is bound bya strap of sheet or hoop iron projecting in the form of right-angledhooks a at its ends, which,.as the gate closes, fit into slots a in theend of the body and clasp the sides thereof to aid in holding the gatein its closed position. Cleats b, secured to the insides of the body,limit the closing position of the gate to an upright one.

B is the complement ontopdetachable section of the gate, it consistingof a board with downwardly-extending arms or bars c, which fit into eyesc upon the inside of the gate, and are reduced at their lower ends toenable them to lap the gate cleats or stops b.

To the top edge of the gate-section B is fastened a strap of sheet orhoop iron, withits ends terminating beyond those of the board or sectionB into hooks d, similar to hooks a, to hook over the top edges of andenable the strengthening of the body-sides by the said gate-section.

To the outside of the gate-section B is secured a stout pin or peg, e,preferably semicylindrical in cross-section, which lits into eyes orstaples e upon the outside of the gate.

C O are two wings hinged to the body at its gate end, so as to swinghorizontallyor at right angles to the plane in which the gate opens.

f Slots are made in the .rear end edges of the body to receive thestraps of the wing-hin ges,

to allow the wings to abut edgewise against the inside projectingportions of the body and the wings to shut against the gate, as seen inFig. 1. The wings thus shut against the gate, and with their hooks finserted into the eyes or staples j upon the gate, the gate is securelyfastened in position as against working or jarring' out of the body, andcan be readily opened, though exposed to the pressure of the load, asitis obvious that, there being no direct pressure upon the wings, they canbe readily released from the gate, which will allow the gate to beswungdown without prying it open. The top edges of the wings are preferablybound with straps of hoop or sheet iron to strengthen them and avoidpremature wear.

Having thus fully described my invention, Iclaim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- The combination, with the downwardly-opening gate B,having the hooks t and eyes c upon one side, and staples or eyes e andf', of the detachable section B', having arms c, pin e, and hooks d, andthe vlaterally-opening wings C, having hooks f, substantially assetforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALONZO M. WAGNER.

Witnesses:

' E. D. LONG,

J. S. WAGNER.

